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Private in Co I, 8th Regiment, Missouri Infantry, CSA. Wounded in the leg at the Battle of Pleasant Hill. Brother Thomas was killed and brother James was captured in the same battle. His brother Willia...

Private in Co I, 8th Regiment, Missouri Infantry , CSA. He was killed in the battle of Pleasant Hill. Brother James was captured and brother Newton was wounded in the same battle. His brother William f...

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8th Regiment, Missouri Infantry

The 8th Missouri Infantry (CSA) was also know as Mitchell's Missouri Battalion. Mitchell formed a battalion in 1862, at Thomasville, MO. it was first designated the "5th" then the "7th" and finally the "8th". There was another 8th commanded by a Colonel Burns. See the book "Serving with Honor, the diary of Eathan Allan Pinnell, of the 8th Missouri Infantry, CSA.